Rachel's Vital Music

I'm a transgender woman who has loved music for as long as I can remember. My earliest memories are of sitting on the floor and listening to 45's and 78's. Music is the essential part of my life. Over the years I made many attempts to make a list of my favorite music. In 2011 I came up with the idea of http://scotts-vital-music.blogspot.com and creating the list by posting a song every day. When I transitioned in 2015 and changed my name I created this blog to continue the project...

Thursday, February 16, 2017

"At the End of a Song" by Carpenters

Update 18-Feb-2017:

MS is just so frustrating some days... okay, all the time :( I intended to write a thank you to Laverne Cox in this post and of course I spaced off the most important part. Sigh!!

@LaverneCox - Thanks you so much for not just the #StandWithGavin, but for all the things you do for our community! You are so beautiful and amazing! I know it absolutely helps for people to see us and recognize we are just normal human beings and not freaks.

Original post:

I've been feeling so maudlin lately. I've had this song stuck in my head for several days now. So even though I posted a Carpenters song on Valentine's Day, I'm going to post another one.

Like "Ordinary Fool" this song is also from the Voice of the Heart album. I'm going to have to say I agree with the first two lines:

They tell me somewhere this life isn't crazy
But I've traveled the world far and wide and I say they're wrong

Unfortunately, it feels like it has been even more crazy this year (and I thought 2016 was a crazy year, HA HA!).

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ggXC0OIfU
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcr_15WmBn0

I found this wonderful video with Laverne Cox on Stephen Colbert's show earlier this week.

YouTube (Late Show): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k5uiNtLFRo

Since I'm pretty involved in the Transgender community, I was surprised I hadn't heard about this. The article in The New Yorker was interesting because it explained the difference between "guidelines" and "regulations.

YouTube (Billboard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeA9ewmKc-c

NBC News: http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/gavin-grimm-meet-boy-laverne-cox-shouted-out-grammys-n720126

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/gavin-grimm-just-wanted-to-use-the-bathroom-he-didnt-think-the-nation-would-debate-it/2016/08/30/23fc9892-6a26-11e6-ba32-5a4bf5aad4fa_story.html

Heavy: http://heavy.com/news/2017/02/gavin-grimm-who-is-grammy-laverne-cox-video-grammys-transgender-bathroom-supreme-court-virginia/

YouTube (ACLU): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eny6enTdQ0

The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/gavin-grimms-transgender-rights-case-and-the-problem-with-informal-executive-action

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